Packing-box



(No Model.)

c. H. MORGAN.

PACKING B0X.

NTTED STATES CHARLES H. MORGAN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS PACKING-Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

300,721, dated June 17, 1884.

Application filed February 16, 18S-l. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MORGAN, of Vorcester, in the county ofVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Packing- Boxes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of thisspeciiication, and in which- 'Figure l represents a perspective view ofa packing-box embracing my improvements, hereinafter described, thecover of said box being in this instance shown partially removed, andFig. 2 represents a vertical transverse or cross section through the boxshown in Fig. 1, with the cover in its proper position over the same.

The invention has for its object to prod-ucc apacking-box for holdingsmall articles of hardware, which box shall combine in itself the goodqualities of sheet metal and pasteboard at-a slight advance in costabove that of pasteboard. Boxes of pasteboard are better fitted forpacking-boxes because they are less liable to injure or be injured byother boxes or articles that may be placed on the same shelf or beotherwise'brought in contact with them, because they are moreconveniently handled, not being liable to cut or rasp the skin of thehandler, and, further, because they are better fitted tofreceive labelsand are neater in appearance. They are also cheaper. Such boxes are,however, from lack of strength, unsuited for packing hardware, except inthe case of very light articles put up in small quantities, such asscrew-eyes, picture-hooks, and the like. If used for the heavier classof small hardware, each article of which weighs rupward of half apound-such, for example, as the spools containing fty yards of wire, nowa common article of trade-the pressure within would spread the sid/esand break out the corners of the box. On the. other hand, sheet-metalboxes, although strong enough, are objectionable because likely toinflict injury upon the person handling the same, or uponl otherarticles with which they may 5o come in contact, and for other reasonssufficiently evident from what has been'said above. In the presentinvention the difculties are overcome by using a sheet-metal body whichis adapted to resist the weight of the contained articles, and providingit with a pasteboard cover of such size and shape as to inclose the saidbody, and form, asit were, a jacket of pasteboard. The bottom of the boxneed not be covered, since it is not visible when the box is set uponashelf, and the protection which the paste-` board cover affords to thesides and cornersl is sufficient for practical purposes. The metal boxis or may be made of sheet-iron of athickness depending upon the use towhich the box is to be put. In order that said body may be able towithstand the weight of the articles packed therein, the sides, ends,and bottom should be seamed or firmly united at the edges. This may bedone in any ordi- 7o nary or suitable way. The pasteboard cover is thusrelieved of the duty of supporting the weight of the articles, thisbeing wholly performed by the metal body. The pasteboard cover is madein any ordinary way, the pasteboard being of a thickness suited to theuses to which the material is to be put,

In the accompanyingA drawings, a is the sheet-metal body, and b thecover, having deep sides and ends, so as to form an envelope or jacketaround the sides and ends of the metal body, (see Eig. 2,) leaving onlythe bottom c exposed. Vhen the box is handled, the hands grasp thepasteboard, which yields a little and is pressed against the sides ofthe metal body. lEven when the fingers are inserted under the bottom thecover protects them from rubbing against the edge.

Should the box strike against or be struck by other articles, the coveracts the part of a buffer or protecting-jacket, and prevents either frominjuring the other.

The labels are attached to the pasteboard cover.

Having thus described the said invention, what I claim is Theherein-described packing-box for hardware, comprising the sheet-metalbody, with the ends, sides, and bottom firmly united, so as to resistthe pressure of heavy articles roo placed therein, and the pasteboardcover with deep sides and ends, forming an envelope or jacket around thesides and ends of said sheet-metal body from top to bottom, said box 5having substantially the strength of a metal box, with the appearanceand facility for receiving labels of a box of pasteboard, and possessingalso less liability to inflict or receive injury than a metal box, thepasteboard cover acting the part of a buffer or protect- 1o ing-jacket,as Well as excluding the dust, as

set forth.

CHAS. H. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

WALTER B. NoURsE, ALBERT A. BARKER.

